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Thanks for your interest in The Great Southern Cross Project.

My vision is for Australia to have a major infrastructure and services corridor running from the northern coast of Western Australia to the east coast of Queensland. The services, such as gas, water, electricity and IT, would run alongside a standard gauge railway line which would link the resource rich north-west of the country to the population and industrial centres on the east. Through the Ghan railway line, this corridor would also create a link to the south.

I envision an inland city near the crossing of the two railroads. This city would support the construction of the project and the service and distribution of freight around the nation once constructed. Once the central terminal is established, projects aimed at reclaiming arable land for agriculture around the terminal could commence to provide for future population growth. Once established, a goods and services industry would naturally follow to cater for this population.

Super fast broadband will also have to be accessed by all Australia to encourage business to decentralise to these areas. This would be of great benefit financially to business due to the low costs to operate etc.

A full energy network would be beneficial to ensure that non-peak load can be distributed to peak load areas to maximize the resource. We need to research and develop new power technology to meet demand and the financial burden should be borne in partnership with industry and government.

A hydraulic network is paramount as the importance of water is the backbone of my vision. We have to harvest and redistribute to areas affected by lack of water to maximize the production of food and also the natural eco-systems’ survival. Northern Australia will provide such with winter storage areas established to maximize the effect of the monsoonal season.

I have had this vision for eight years and the importance of at least debating this issue is becoming more prevalent as every year passes. We need a goal, a strategy and a national vision as we have a duty of care to the future Australian generations.

The next phase is to encourage settlement by gifting land and low interest set up loans to rehabilitate the inland regions to cater for the rising population. It is imperative that we establish industries, ie. agriculture and tree plantations to cater for the future to ensure our environment and sustainability.

My vision is a fifty year project. For this to be achieved the cooperation is required at all levels of government regardless of their ideology.